Chapter 60
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At the main headquarters of the army
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"N-No... This monster is too strong. We need to do something to destroy-"
"Do something to destroy him?!?" Exclaims one of the Sergeants presents. "WE ARE GOING TO DIE!! WE NEED TO HIDE FIRST BEFORE THAT MONSTER FINDS US!"
"Yeah... You need to do something." I say.
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There are about 20 military officers in this conference room.
Everyone was stunned at my sudden appearance. "K-Kel?! W-What!? When?!"
Everyone immediately looks at the monitor in front of them. "Kel" is still at the military base killing the waves of cultivators bit by bit.
"I-I..."
I smile. "I know everyone is confused," I say. "But that is just my clone and my clone only has 50% of my strength. The me you are seeing right now... Is my main body."
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Every military officer in this room starts to tremble. "A...Clone... What kind of forbidden technique is that? What happened to the people outside?" One of them asks.
I smirk. "Try to guess~"
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There is a stench of blood coming from outside.
Nobody dared to move. Nobody even attempts to resist. They all know it's futile.
I sigh at their obedience and snap.
Everyone in the room starts to feel weird and suddenly...
*Crack*
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Everyone's neck was twisted and they immediately die...except the army captain.
"Y-You... Merciless devil..."
I smile at that remark and walk near him.
The captain lost energy in his legs and fell onto the ground. "S-Stay away!! D-Don't come any closer!!"
"So you succumb?" I ask.
"Y-Yes!! I succumb!! We all succumb!! Please stop!! We won't mess with you anymore!!!!" Says the captain.
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Task complete.
Relationship with California: decreased by 10000
Relationship with Japan: Increased by 10000
Relationship with the United States: decreased by 1000
Notorious Prestige: increased by 3000000
People will now think twice before messing with you.
People are less likely to attack Japan for fear of offending you.
Stories of you are being spread around the world.
Received title: Guardian of Japan
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"Good," I say, and left the headquarters.
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A few days later...
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"Hey, Mason!" I say.
I decided to visit him after a few days of tourism in Los Angeles. I concealed my "Kel" identity and went along with my real name.
Many people already heard of the story of Kel so nobody looks down on me or glares at me. Although some are pissed off at the sight of me, they didn't take action.
"Huh? Oh, Hi." Mason replies.
He seems to be panicking. There are two men stationed behind him. They don't look like bodyguards nor do they look like a guest but they are glaring at me.
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"I suppose something urgent is happening, I will come back next time-"
"Wait!" Mason stops me. "Go ahead, what do you need me for?"
"I... Need your help to find information about the necromancer king." I say.
"The necromancer king? The one which first appeared in Canada?" Asks Mason.
I nod.
"That's a bit troublesome but I will help. Though I heard a rumour of necromancer activity in Russia too." Says Mason.
"There's Necromancer activity there? Who... No, is the necromancer activity there stronger than the one in Canada?" I ask.
"Of course not. The origin of the Necromancers is in Canada. I'm afraid that the necromancer king is deploying his army to different locations to gain more power."
Gain more power?
Does that mean the necromancer king can absorb the stats and vitality of his targets directly from his subordinates?
When necromancer subordinates die, the power is transferred to their king... So the more we kill the undead, the stronger the king is...
Damn, this overpowered creature might be hard to handle...
But if I remember correctly, absorbing skill is a counter to the necromancer king.
The necromancer king can't absorb the stats if you absorb it first.
I smirk. This guy may be overpowered but my "mind of an expert" skill is even more broken... Haha...
"By the way, there is slight Necromancer activity detected near Los Angeles too, at Lake Hughes." Says Mason. "Since I am willing to help you, help me out too, help me check and eliminate the necromancer activity, please."
Mason's hand is shaking...
I eye the two men behind Mason again, they are still glaring at me.
I sigh and spawned a clone behind the two men.
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One swift slash and both of them were decapitated.
"I killed them so what's going on?" I say.
Mason heave a sigh of relief. "Someone is after you... No, a group of cultivators is after you." He says.
"A group?"
"A group called I.Co. I heard that name when I eavesdrop on these two men's conversation." Says Mason.
That group huh...
"You can choose not to go but strike back at the perfect time. I can assist you-"
"It's okay," I say. "Let me deal with those bastards personally."
Mason looks at my smug and smiles. "Yeah, what am I even afraid of. Go teach them a valuable lesson."
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I use a teleportation scroll and arrived near Lake Hughes.
It is an area of a lake surrounded by mountains of greenery.
I don't know how the origin of this place came about but it looks beautiful. Anyways, it seems like all the NPC's in this area are gone. I can only detect players from 10 km away.
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I purposely expose myself and walk out into the open.
"Now!!" Shouts a player and the explosives planted underneath explodes.
"Did that get him?"
"Of course not! Prepare for attack!"
Appearing from the dissipating smoke, I seemed completely unharmed.
"Fire!"
Several giants cannon appear in the sky and it shoots a reddish-black electric beam towards me.
I form a simple Qi shield around and the beam hits the shield before dissipating with ease.
I smirk at their fruitless attempt.
"Shit! Go back to defensive-"
My clone managed to sneak behind the commander and backstab him.
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And my clone dissipates into thin air when walking into the shades of the trees.
Although some near him were shocked, they seemed like they expected this.
Something is weird. They just lost their commander and all of them are still calm.
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I immediately detect something front the top and jump back before the gigantic sword crashes into the place where I stood.
I see... heh...
Hundreds... no... Thousands of players are surrounding me, both in the air and on land.
This number... is around one hundred thousand, no, even more...
I.Co is desperate, aren't they?
hehe...
"Karma!" says Mino, appearing out of nowhere.
?!
"Mino? Why are you here-"
"Nevermind about me! Look at this!"
A panel erects up in front of me.
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ho...
I.Co is streaming this fight huh...
"And now, all 200000 players of I.Co is here to eliminate Karma. Some say he is immortal, some say he is a weakling pretending to be strong because he hid his identity. Well, we will find out right now!!" says the commentator of the Live Youtube stream.
I look in the direction of the player streaming. He jumped a little at my glare but continued filming.
"Karma, you need to win! If not everyone will pick on you again! I will be cheering you on!" says Mino.
'Again'? Since when did I tell Mino about my past.
I sigh.
The internet is powerful huh... to be able to uncover my past.
"Yeah, of course," I reply and Mino disappears again.
Because I rejected their offer in front of everyone, I.Co wants to win back their pride and gain recognition by killing me while streaming it to the whole world... but... are they underestimating me?
I smirk and raise my hand.
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Every player starts to be alert and went on the defensive when I do so.
heh...
*snaps*
I snap and the sound echoed throughout the silent atmosphere for a while.
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Finally, I clench my fist and...
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"ARGHHH!!!"
Some players have their limbs suddenly torn apart, some started coughing out blood, some starts to explode gruesomely and so on. Lots of variation but everyone near me was instantly wiped out except that player still streaming.
The streaming player shivers in fear as he smells the blood and sees the corpses of his comrades. I appear behind that player and he showed no signs of resistance, only fear.
I smile and place my hand on his shoulder, "don't worry, keep filming. I won't kill you if you do."
He nods obediently.
What I did instantly broke their morale. Some are even trying to run away.
I smirk. "All of you bitches, attack me at once."
No one dared to step forward.
"Hmm? You know there are still about 100000 plus of you guys right? Come on! No need to be afraid!" I say.
The players grit their teeth and fell to my taunt.
All of them started to attack in some random messy formation. Hahaha!! Some of them even collided with one another while trying to get to me.
Alright...
I condense qi into my Katana and removed 5 of my limitations.
The first one, the fastest player, appears in front of me and tries to cut me down.
I smirk and glared at him.
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Because I removed my limitation by 5 fold, just a simple glare can already stun or even kill the weak players right in front of me.
"S-Shit!" Says the stunned player.
I walk up to him and decapitated him easily.
Another wave of players attacks me from behind, about 7 of them are trying to cut me down with their divine grade weapons.
With one simple swing of my katana...
*BOOOOOOM!!!!*
I created a strong shock wave that ripped through all 7 players and wiped out almost everyone behind them as well.
The aura I emit is also suffocating, so suffocating that more than half of I.Co players could not even touch me.
I sigh at the difficulty of this battle and the idiocy of them.
"Remove all limitations," I say.
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All limitations were removed.
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It's about time I end this playing session.
I manifest thousands of swords created from fluids and solids around, dirt, water, leave, wood... Anything I found.
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A thousand swords suddenly appearing stopped some players in their attempt to move forward.
My smirk becomes wider. One more snap and the swords shoot everywhere, piercing every single player near.
Hehehe...
I check my stats, it's continuously increasing.
So much delicious little fodder!!
"Shit!! I-Is it just me or is Karma getting stronger every second?!" Shouts one of the players trying to defend himself from the barrages of swords.
"I-Impossible!! The air around Karma is getting thicker as time passes by. My body is starting to tremble from just the sight of him!! What is happening?!!!! Wasn't there a 50% debuff and a 300% buff for us?!!"
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I instantly felt an intense pressure of Qi inside me. I grasp my chest in pain before finally shouting.
Grey clouds start to gather and obvious thunder can be heard.
T-This is the thunder tribulation?! I-I heard of this!! Shit!! It hurts!!! ARGHHH!!!
The thunder strikes my body violently as I continue to scream in pain.
The thousands of swords I manifested dissipates and players start to calm down a little.
"He looks like he is suffering. Now is our chance to kill Karma!" Shouts one of I.Co players.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?! We can't even get close. Not to mention our ranged attacks are being intercepted by the thunder. What the hell is going on?!!" Shouts another player.
"ARGHH!!!"
I lose energy in my legs as I grit my teeth and falls to the ground.
This is as tough... No, even tougher than the training I received in the mountain!!
"Karma!! Let me help you!" Says Mino, again appearing out of nowhere.
She is somehow not affected by the thunder? Oh yeah, she is a "spectator".
Mino touches me and the pain immediately disappears.
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"M-Mino, what did you do?"
"The thunder is programmed to cause sharp shocking pain, I only simply replace that with the coding used in the breeze."
No wonder... The thunder now feels like soft wind blowing on me...
Mino... How did she replace the coding of this within such a short time? ...
I smile and reply "Thanks."
Mino smiles back "No worries Karma, you are both my childhood and best friend after all!"
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I stood up calmly as the thunder roars cruelly.
One final blast of thunder roared down and I broke through to the Nirvana realm.
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I clench my fist in joy. This surge of energy and power in me... is amazing!
"This feeling... Is the best!!" I say.
One of I.Co players thought I was weakened by the lighting and attempted to attack me from behind.
With just one glare of mine, the killing intent suffocated him and that player starts to foam in his mouth before fainting.
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The system is starting to interfere
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The system huh... It's acting now?
I smirk.
I intentionally release all of my aura and killing intent to the thousands of players.
Most of them start to piss themselves in fear. Some are now trying to escape... And the final group of I.Co players were too weak so they fainted.
I spawn my clone behind the player filming and he drops the streaming device in shock.
I pick the device up and point the lens in the sky.
"Everyone who is currently watching... Enjoy the fireworks!!" I say to the audience.
Woah, I'm famous, aren't I? About 20 million people are watching this stream right now!!
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The system is trying to interfere...
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"With that..." I bring my hand up and snap.
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Every single player of I.Co starts to explode from within gruesomely one after another.
Awww... It looks like fireworks. Except it's all bloody of course. Hahaha!!
Being in the Nirvana Realm, I can control Qi more easily now. And what else better to do than to put on such a show like this?!
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System interference failed.
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System interference failed? Haha!! That's the first time I see such a panel.
I look back at the device and smile at the camera. The comments of the stream were either all saying how cool I am or how gruesome I was.
Heh...
Finishing my objective, I drop the device onto the ground and step on it.
"And that's the end of the stream!" I thought out loud.
The euphoria from eliminating hundreds of thousands of players in one go is amazing...
Not to mention the massive stats I get!!
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The system's mood has declined.
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Do you think I care?
Whatever interference you try to pull, it's futile, stop trying.
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Tch.
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Oh? Now acting stubborn huh...
Now that I think about it, didn't Joseph join I.Co? Where is he-
I instantly felt a slight dangerous presence and jumps back to dodge.
A figure walks out of the shades under the trees and shows himself.
"Sup!" He says, waving his hand. "You are Karma right?"
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This brown gelled up hair guy with blue eyes looks like a foreigner...
"You are... Joseph?" I ask.
He smiles. "Yep. That's me."
Joseph... Looks carefree. He is wearing a casual shirt with jeans as if he is here on a vacation.
I continue to glare at Joseph. He noticed my glare and scratches his head a little.
"Don't need to be so alarmed! Chill. I'm not here to fight. Let's talk for a bit, Karma, I'm interested in the hidden gaming prodigy who finally shows himself in BOG." Says Joseph.
Me? A hidden prodigy... I'm not one. I'm only a guy who plays a lot of RPGs, FPS, well basically all competitive online games.
Not to mention I'm using my sword skills in the real world in this game and my cheat skill... I am technically a cheating player!!
But... True.
I am detecting no form of killing intent from Joseph. In fact, he looks very interested, his eyes are shining with excitement.
I sigh. "Aren't you with I.Co?" I ask.
He laughs. "Don't joke with me. That joke of a company? Haha! That company is only famous because I join it, nothing more, nothing less. Their players are all mediocre." Says Joseph. "You saw it yourself right? The fact that you were able to slaughter them all so easily."
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So Joseph saw that fight? I didn't even detect his presence...
This guy... Yeah, he is the gaming prodigy alright.
I am not limiting my stats and is releasing killing intent at its maximum yet he doesn't seem to be affected at all.
Joseph... Out of the 5 gaming prodigies, is the weirdest.
He doesn't have any weakness because he is a jack of all trade player.
He doesn't specialize in any weapon or have a signature game style.
But, he is good at every weapon and style. That's why this leaves him with no weakness.
His only possibly "weakness" is the fact that despite being good at everything, he is not an expert in the things he is good at so that's why many players call Joseph the jack of all trades player.
That is also why... Joseph is very unpredictable. He is the worst opponent for people like me who likes to read the opponent's moves.
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Better play it safe for now.
I retract all the killing intent and say "Alright, let's talk."